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chopra_2002India Local time: 01:58Member (2008) English to Hindi + ...

Yes, if the deadline is not tight.

May 26, 2007

If the agencies/clients allow me sufficient time to do a translation, I keep postponing the work out of laziness. As a result, sometimes, I have to work very hard as some other agencies want me to deliver a job urgently. So, I have to finish this as well as the other job, which was postponed by me earlier. I know this is a bad habit, but I have not been able to get rid of it for the last 19 years or so.

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Incidentally, here's a story.
A Spaniard asked an Arab how to say "mañana" in Arabic. The Arab thought for a while and replied "I don't think Arabic contains a word that conveys that sense of urgency".

Just a joke - no offence intended.

Kind regards,
Jenny.

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xxxIreneNUnited States Local time: 15:28 English to Russian + ...

No, or rather not any more

May 26, 2007

Until the job is done it is a burden... unpaid for. Why would I need a double-shift, so to speak? It sits in the back of your mind torturing you and you are only half-relaxed at best. I can't remember any really luxurious deadlines but quite often they are just right, nice breaks including, and those breaks feel much nicer when you know that a good chunk is already done and over with. I prefer to keep it that way. When I feel dead lazy I simply say "no".

a. I would be stealing my own no-worry free time
b. I'll have time for another job should I feel like it and it'll still be only one on my desk.

You can say that I am not a procrastinator because I am lazy and I hate discomfort:-)

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